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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.6.2.2
Severity: wishlist
With version 1.13.12, dpkg-dev gained support for different package types
in shlibs files. This was necessary to make it possible to automatically
generate correct dependencies for udebs (as used by Debian Installer).
For background, see http://bugs.debian.org/345475.
The attached patch to the current section 8.6 that covers shlibs documents
this new feature.
Basically, an shlibs file can now contain two lines for a single library:
libz 1 zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1)
udeb: libz 1 zlib1g-udeb (>= 1:1.2.1)
If the -t<type> option is added to dpkg-shlibdeps, it will look first for
a line starting with <type>: and, if not found, fall back to the "normal"
line. The only <type> currently in use is "udeb".
In the debhelper (>= 5.0.22) suite, both dh_makeshlibs and dh_shlibdeps
have support for package types in shlibs files.
A majority of library packages that have a udeb and udebs using them has
already been adapted to use the new feature. See [1] for an overview.
[1] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/LibraryUdebs
--- policy.sgml.orig 2006-04-17 01:54:04.000000000 +0200
+++ policy.sgml 2006-04-17 02:05:19.416457719 +0200
@@ -4866,6 +4866,19 @@
</p>
<p>
+ If you are creating a udeb for use in Debian Installer, you will
+ need to specify that <prgn>dpkg-shlibdeps</prgn> should use the
+ dependency line of type <tt>udeb</tt> by adding <tt>-tudeb</tt>
+ as option<footnote>
+ <prgn>dh_shlibdeps</prgn> from the <tt>debhelper</tt> suite
+ will automatically add this option if it knows it is
+ processing a udeb.
+ </footnote>. If there is no dependency line of type <tt>udeb</tt>
+ in the <file>shlibs</file> file, <prgn>dpkg-shlibdeps</prgn> will
+ fall back to the regular dependency line.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
For more details on dpkg-shlibdeps, please see
<ref id="pkg-dpkg-shlibdeps"> and
<manref name="dpkg-shlibdeps" section="1">.
@@ -4880,7 +4893,7 @@
beginning with <tt>#</tt> are considered to be comments and
are ignored. Each line is of the form:
<example compact="compact">
-<var>library-name</var> <var>soname-version-number</var> <var>dependencies ...</var>
+<var>[type:]</var> <var>library-name</var> <var>soname-version-number</var> <var>dependencies ...</var>
</example>
</p>
@@ -4891,6 +4904,12 @@
</p>
<p>
+ <var>type:</var> is an optional element that indicates the type
+ of package for which the line is valid. The only type currently
+ in use is <tt>udeb</tt>. The colon after the type is required.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
<var>library-name</var> is the name of the shared library,
in this case <tt>libz</tt>. (This must match the name part
of the soname, see below.)
@@ -4932,6 +4951,14 @@
the dynamic linker about using older shared libraries with
newer binaries.
</p>
+
+ <p>
+ As zlib1g also provides a udeb containing the shared library,
+ there would also be a second line:
+ <example compact="compact">
+udeb: libz 1 zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3)
+ </example>
+ </p>
</sect1>
<sect1>
@@ -4956,7 +4983,10 @@
<file>debian/rules</file> without using a <file>debian/shlibs</file>
file at all,<footnote>
This is what <prgn>dh_makeshlibs</prgn> in the
- <tt>debhelper</tt> suite does.
+ <tt>debhelper</tt> suite does. If your package also has a udeb
+ that provides a shared library, <prgn>dh_makeshlibs</prgn> can
+ automatically generate the <tt>udeb:</tt> lines if you specify
+ the name of the udeb with the <tt>--add-udeb</tt> option.
</footnote>
since the <file>debian/shlibs</file> file itself is ignored by
<prgn>dpkg-shlibdeps</prgn>.
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Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 3.7.3.0
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
debian-policy_3.7.3.0.dsc
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.7.3.0.dsc
debian-policy_3.7.3.0.tar.gz
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.7.3.0.tar.gz
debian-policy_3.7.3.0_all.deb
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.7.3.0_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)
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Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.7.3.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 294962 361418 363133 382612 392594 402975 412634 413575 418444 420701
424212 431813 435207 440931 448035
Changes:
debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
* Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes:
#382612).
* Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
/bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
* Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
Allombert (Closes: #361418).
* Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
* Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
* Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
* The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
and Marco d'Itri.
* Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
virtual packages.
* Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
* Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
(Closes: #431813).
* Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
* Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
list?" (Closes: #412634).
* Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes:
#363133).
* Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
* Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
* Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
(ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
* Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
debconf specification.
* Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
* Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
Files:
483848c51ce80749d34a6a83f07dc48e 765 doc optional debian-policy_3.7.3.0.dsc
e8b9c137483d3441fbb8fd0e9078f475 643340 doc optional
debian-policy_3.7.3.0.tar.gz
6ada9e31cf531c7ec52e7f4fe974c924 1509794 doc optional
debian-policy_3.7.3.0_all.deb
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